Day: December 2, 2013

Sin Cara made his latest return to WWE TV tonight, upsetting Alberto Del Rio on RAW. Only it was clearly not our old friend Mistico, but someone else in the costume. Things are happening.

The Sin Cara on Raw appeared to be Hunico, though they did not acknowledge any switch. Tonight’s Sin Cara and Hunico have the same tattoo. After this match, and probably after he had gotten a hundred replies on Twitter, Mistico I posted an update from Mexico City on FourSquare moments after the match ended. There’s a screenshot here in case it gets deleted, which it may – exposing a switch like that is enough to get someone fired or banished. Mistico I is either really dumb, really wants to be fired, or knows he’s already done in WWE and just doesn’t care. Maybe some combination of all of those.

Mistico’s probably headed to AAA at some point in the future. It’s been the most likely next destination for years. It’s more likely Mistico would work the ex-WWE circuit of indy shows or go to Japan than go back to CMLL, best I can tell.

It’s now more a matter of when Mistico’s able to go elsewhere. He may be hoping to get released immediately. He may have have a standard three year contract and would be free to move on in January/February. It’s possible he may be stuck in WWE longer – there was said to be a provision in Rey Misterio’s contract which allowed WWE to extend his contract because he missed so much time due to injury. Sin Cara missed nearly as much time if WWE wanted to make an issue out of it. It’d be just to bench him – barring an amazing reversal, Mistico’s not going to be in the Sin Cara costume again.

This is coming to an end. WWE seemed to move on Monday and Mistico will do the same sometime in the near future.

Angel de Oro is off this week’s shows due to a knee injury. CMLL announced (!) substitutions: Delta in tonight in Puebla, Super Porky on Tuesday and Fuego in on Sunday.

AAA briefly comes up on this week’s MLW Radio. Konnan mentions a big surprise at the end of the show which will set up stories for next year. Konnan thought all they did with AJ Styles was very good, but TNA pretty much wasted it. Konnan says four of AAA’s luchadors will be going to TNA for a “world tournament” – that sounds like one of TNA’s One Night Only shows which no one seems to watch.

Rafael el Maya says he’s happy with the work he’s getting now that he’s left CMLL.

Lucha Libre in Japan

12/02 AJPW: Dark Ozz [O] & Dark Cuervo DQ KENZO [X] & D’Lo Brown
Hooray! Ozz & Cuervo have a win and are 1-2. The story here is Kenzo has some scheme which involves throwing every match so they’re fresh for the one match he cares about. That match is not this match but a win’s a win.